
Originally Posted by
thonel
Hi, I'm no physicist, nor do I have an extensive background in physics; however, I'm a science enthusiast and strive to understand the concepts the best I can. So I apologize if this seems a bit, well, retreaded. But here goes.
Could the obstacle in unifying the field forces perhaps not lie between the nuclear/electromagnetic forces and gravity, but in a heretofore entirely undiscovered set of field forces? Consider "dark matter." Could its anomalous (anomalies being the seed from which new paradigms are born) behavior of "counteracting gravity" not simply be another type of field force, related to gravity in a similar way to which the nuclear forces are related to the electromagnetic, but whose mechanics are still out of reach of our paradigm? Could breakthroughs in "unified field" theories such as the string theories and M-theory lead us to identifying the ways in which such categories of fields could be expressed? Pop physics won't give me enough to satisfy my craving. What theories (concepts in particular, if available) might help to put this in context (and where can I find material on them!), or is my thinking totally bunk?